The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears.

I hate books; they only teach people to talk about what they don't understand.

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.

All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.

If there wasn't a God we would have to invent one to keep people sane.

Teach by doing whenever you can, and only fall back upon words when doing it is out of the question.

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.